Peña Tú
Peña Tú is a prehistoric sanctuary near Puertas de Vidiago (eight kilometers east of Llanes ) in Asturias , Spain .
After a short ascent (footpath) one arrives at this Spanish national monument. It consists of a boulder with a height of about four meters and a width of 1.35 m. This boulder is shaped like a head and has paintings around 3,700 years old . It is evidently a place of worship from the Bronze Age . 36 burial mounds were found in the vicinity of Peña Tú . From here the panorama of the Sierra del Cuera opens up on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other.
Web links
Commons : Peña Tú Idol - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Rock art and prehistoric archeology, University of Erlangen (Fig. 5)
- [1] (Spanish)
- [2] (Spanish)
- Northern Spain
- photos
Coordinates: 43 ° 23 '35 " N , 4 ° 41' 24" W.
